From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.netfilter.org (mail.netfilter.org [217.70.190.124]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C18092D0C92 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:58:27 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.70.190.124 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773853110; cv=none; b=L2Q3bEookDgmNjW1ILbEqjKvjzuZYJfpkw2C1BD16oFXLVC0E+IZ1TclCpzkw8U7ulFBwAQBmencXBdEMLx1DfZSPVbdhy8PuU3bBYZjveQQmNVKwiI3C9GVrPYA5+nRTchsIDYgoKN1G9uirYWtv3a5mNyJC4qMRB2QcZh0RSM= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773853110; c=relaxed/simple; bh=/fj5mrMt8o4cRgEuAiqRri4eAknIvy2beDE9cRSq8MY=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=dxaNVe+25CC9VbHFNxXrLzNk57r+nFrE3mMJH2m/+ynb3inHuC3Zs9VRlH8gUsWmQrQ9ghPbW+aCtamkCdo1n7N3gfxwNZKi15YQGBI0SDruTxV8IZF1TV+SSzBqaYJrRL8E6FK9p5Jn92IcU2qCXxtv4Q+UCcRtc+GH8fGcgYU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=netfilter.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=netfilter.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=netfilter.org header.i=@netfilter.org header.b=nojuJQ0A; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.70.190.124 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=netfilter.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=netfilter.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=netfilter.org header.i=@netfilter.org header.b="nojuJQ0A" Received: from netfilter.org (mail-agni [217.70.190.124]) by mail.netfilter.org (Postfix) with UTF8SMTPSA id 7B4F16026F; Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:58:25 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=netfilter.org; s=2025; t=1773853105; bh=zKLYfzse1yhfbrofCNki+Zfjujlsi2U2X5XjdEek4nQ=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=nojuJQ0AEoayEiGX3wBBbEeGycizXC4QFLoH7M7U8e++VGhAnFBdt3b19FonZayY/ mBzLLXGy70dbizXPDANOR9Bx1u0UQ62oUR2NWjCPvGLrjmvPVSxIgwkuVxgjfLbWDe UvBY+8/FUFox7fUMP20q+cyJXzHY4d5s94s78MyAkC4V6918lnpTx9K3XL2aHI8uAg S7kwqBVBRmfj3xy3dRlK+lyk5tiPKPG0MNth5JsEVLPu0L4w8rUiR0UMO4e3ZThg6L vVghnjqLnrTOdYc85wBkxtyFRCrn4PGptH+zru/ICCaStb904ldTpxt7EK1Q6HAAQA 6AcW+WS5aM6eQ== Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:58:22 +0100 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso To: Phil Sutter , netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, Eric Garver Subject: Re: [nft PATCH 0/5] Enhance cache filter for list commands Message-ID: References: <20260310231115.25638-1-phil@nwl.cc> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 05:23:16PM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 12:11:10AM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote: > > Reducing the amount of data fetched from kernel improves performance > > with large rule sets but also reduces adverse side-effects if multiple > > versions of nftables access the same kernel rule set. Being able to > > ignore parts of the rule set one is not interested in allows for (more or > > less) safe coexistence if each tool is operating on the data it created > > itself only. > > > > This series reduces caching for list commands which specify a family > > and/or table. To help testing this, patch 1 extends netlink debug output > > to include chains, flowtables and objects so a test case may check if > > they are fetched or not. > > > > The remaining patches actually increase filter use. > > > > Phil Sutter (5): > > cache: Include chains, flowtables and objects in netlink debug output > > cache: Respect family in all list commands > > cache: Relax chain_cache_dump filter application > > cache: Filter for table when listing sets or maps > > cache: Filter for table when listing flowtables > > Series applied after inserting suggested Fixes: tags. Uoh. I did not even get here to review.